Call it Alex Su, redux. We do not usually have the same guest on LawNext twice in the same year, but there is good reason to have Alex back, as he has just been named president of Latitude Legal, the flexible legal staffing company.Last February, Alex and I recorded a live episode of this podcast over lunch in…
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In a rare move from the highest levels of the judiciary into legal technology, former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack has joined Clio as general manager, judiciary, […]
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Perhaps it is only fitting that a product launched in the cloud should be renamed for the atmosphere it occupies.The e-discovery company Relativity announced today that it has renamed RelativityOne, its cloud-based platform, as Relativity aiR, giving it the name that had previously been assigned to Relativity’s suite of AI and agentic capabilities.The purpose of the name change, the company…
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AI is changing the economics of legal work, but nearly two-thirds of law firms still rely on traditional methods when setting prices, according to new research from BigHand. The 2026 […]
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The mystery of Bridget M. McCormack’s destination has been solved.Last week, I reported that McCormack, current president and CEO of the American Arbitration Association and former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, was leaving her job for an undisclosed opportunity that, as she said at the time, “I could not turn down,” teasing only that it involved “the chance…
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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s September 10, 2026 order in IPR2025-01593 is not a merits ruling, but it is still worth practitioners’ attention. The Board entered a modified scheduling order, adjusting the case calendar that will govern the parties’ deadlines through the remainder of the inter partes review. While these orders can look routine, they often reveal how the…
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The September issue of my Personal Strategy Compass newsletter is now available: “The Defense of the Baseline: Drafting Your Personal Constitution and the Re-Entry Gate.”This issue grew out of something I noticed during a recent major life transition. High-achievers rarely slow down during transitions; they simply shift gears, often into an even higher one. They redirect relentless execution…
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The Federal Trade Commission has sued Humboldt Merchant Services, alleging the payment processor knowingly enabled scam operators and shell merchants to access the payments system for unauthorized billing and deceptive consumer charges. The agency’s theory is notable: rather than focusing only on the merchants that allegedly carried out the scams, the FTC is aiming at the infrastructure provider it says…
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Amazon.com Services LLC has filed a new inter partes review petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, opening IPR2026-00471 on September 11, 2026. While the docket caption currently identifies the petitioner as Amazon, practitioners will want to monitor the filing closely as the record develops to confirm the patent owner, the challenged patent number, and the specific claims and…
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